My xonar stx has lost the ability to do anything but 2ch stereo since recent windows updates. Its an older card and none of the drivers seem to help. Is there still support for this card in the future, anyone have a functional stx?
Actually 1.80a r3 is working for me. Not perfect but movies are playing in proper 5.1 now. Going to play around more with all of these great drivers and addons. Thanks for the hard work guys. To bad Asus doesn’t work harder on their drivers because there are probably a lot if people in my situation. It took me a few days of tinkering and searching to find this site.
Please add restart card function to the driver pack. Sometimes my Xonar DX stops playing sound in right chanel and I’ve had to restart computer, to restart the card.
I’ve had the exact same problem for years, over multiple windows installs. Have the D1 btw. Right channel cuts out and only comes back after restart. Log off does not cut it. It’s only very intermittent, so not the end of the world, but annoying.
You should try putting the system to Sleep and resume afterwards. If sleep in not available in Start menu-> Shut Down options, you need to go in BIOS/UEFI and enable an option called something like Standby S3, Standby STR, or Standby Suspend To RAM.
I’m not sure a permanent fix it’s possible as I think this is a hardware problem with your Xonar card. I am happy to hear my standby solution is of help to you. I’ve come up with a possible better solution that resets the relay switch that sometimes gets “stuck”. To test this solution, download this file and launch it when you run into the problem again. Please let me know if it works.
First i did install the HDAV with just C-Media Panel – that worked. Then i plugged the ST in but had only the yellow exclamation mark in the device manager. So i did install the driver again but still only exclamation mark. It does not work. By the way: XonarSwitch says the HDAV is not supported.
What it says under “Device status” in ASUS Xonar ST Proprieties from Device Manager? Have you tried without having the HDAV card plugged? Which drivers have you installed?
Yeah, forgot that XonarSwitch does not currently support HDAV cards. You could also control settings for each card by disabling one in device manager and launching ASUS/C-media Panel.
I did not check what the status was. I tried v1.80a and v1.80b. You mean taking out the HDAV, install the ST and then putting back the HDAV?
Thanks for trying to help but i have bigger problem to solve now 🙁 I was looking a long time for a H6 board for my Essence ST. Last week one showed up – a HDAV1.3 Deluxe. So i bought the whole package because i was searching a H6 since a long time.
Now the problem is that i don’t get sound from my ST after i plug in the H6. The left and right speaker outputs stop working. I tried UNi v1.80a, v1.80b, v1.75a and the Asus v8.1.8.1822 Beta driver. I tried installing the driver with and without the “Re-enable stereo upmix to 4, 5.1 & 7.1” option.
Then to make sure the H6 is ok i did install the HDAV + H6 in my HTPC and it works. If the H6 works with the HDAV i guess it is not defective? But my ST analog output only works if i unplug the H6…
Was just thinking I should share my result after having BSOD with W10 Creators update:
UNi Xonar 1816/1823 v1.80a r3, UNi Xonar W10 1825 v1.81a r2, 1816/1823 v1.80a r3, UNi Xonar 1822 v1.75a r3 all caused BSOD when waking/starting the pc. The only one that, so far, have seen to be working is UNi Xonar 1821 v1.71 r2
Thank you for sharing. Beside being valuable information it’s also very good that you told me this since I am planning of updating most driver packages and might have skipped th 1821 drivers. If it’s possible to give me me additional information. When did the BSOD problem started? Was it after installing Creators Update or somewhere further the line after additional Windows updates? Are you changing any Xonar settings after you install the drivers? You always get a BSOD when waking the PC or only sometimes?
Please keep us updated if the situation changes, if you get BSOD’s with v1.71 or you no longer get them if you ever install newer drivers.
I was on W8.1 before and then did a total reinstall of W10 creators update and thats when I started experience problems. I tried both the “normal” installation and low latency installation for all the drivers. At the moment I am using the low latency mode.
Just reporting another case where driver v1.71-r2 resolved the BSOD after sleep issue. PC = Win10 x64 1709 with Xonar DX card. Version v1.80a r3 ran OK until about Feb. 2018, so something MS “updated” around then probably caused the BSOD/sleep problem. Tried v1.81a r2 but problem persisted. Thanks to suggestions above and by other users, installed v1.71-r2 three weeks ago and no BSODs since. Thanks for keeping these cards alive with your drivers.
I think you linked the wrong picture. I don’t know about this. Are you using the ASUS drivers or the UNi Xonar drivers? How do you measure the mic monitor delay?
Sorry, should have clarified. I want my control panel to look like that picture. In the options for my speaker I only see the volume, no extra devices. This is what mine looks like: http://i.imgur.com/95e3O1l.png
I initially had the ASUS drivers installed, then installed the UNI drivers afterwards. I installed with ‘low latency’ selected, on version v1.80a-r3
Yeah the delay was the same with the ASUS drivers and after I installed the uni drivers
I did a rough estimate of measuring the delay by turning on Monitoring for my mic, snapping my finger and recording it in audacity, and then editing it so there were 2 successive snaps with the same delay I hear in my headphones. It worked out to be roughly 100ms.
Apparently you’re supposed to be able to see other devices in the control panel but it looks to be a driver specific thing. If I could get that to work there would be almost no latency.
As far as I know, it’s not possible to monitor inputs on Xonar cards under Windows without added latency. One reason I still have a Creative card in my PC as well – I use my PC for playing guitar and it’s just not possible with Xonar. Drivers don’t matter, Asus or Unified, there’s always delay.
The only way to get a zero latency input monitor on Xonar I’ve found is to use Linux…
Sometimes with opening any video in chrome, any video game,windows sounds, happens that loud white noise(so strange because my volume is about 56%). os:Win10 creators update.soundcard: Xonar DX driverversion:UNi Xonar W10 1825 v1.81a r2 driver , gonna try v1.80a r3
i read it before posting, thx.its happens really rare and as remeber starts only after creations update. For example i start a youtube video noise happens but after browser restart its okay.
I see. Thanks for the report. At the moment I don’t have any information on how to fix this. While it’s a long shot, you should check the Disable SpeakerCompensation tweak. Let me know if it has an effect on the loud noise issue you are having.
I have the exact same problem with my Xonar DX. Doesn’t matter which driver I use (also ASUS stock drivers), it happens now and then. Usually I have my volume at 20%, so it kinda gives me a heartattack everytime it happens…
Please check FAQ Q&A 13. Currently there are no new audio drivers available from C-Media. To be honest, I don’t know if there will be any new audio drivers since audio card manufacturers shifted their attention to newer audio chips (not necessarily better) that have different drivers. But I am planing on updating all the UNi Xonar driver packages with the two new improvements I’ve discovered (SpeakerCompensation and Microphone Volume Increase by 3dB tweaks) and with improvements to the UNi Xonar installer. I don’t have any ETA on that.
Since a couple of days, the audio regularly stops working after using windows for a while only fixable by a reboot, some games even cause BSODs just minutes after starting (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL caused by cmudaxp.sys or STXII.sys).
I tried the different driver versions and even reinstalled Windows 10 completely and tried all driver versions again, both issues persist. Did Microsoft release some update that broke the driver or could my STXII be broken?
Well – since the card stopped working even under Linux I think it’s a hardware fault. I’m getting a replacement and will let you guys know if it fixes the issues.
I have a Xonar DX and have been on the 1.80 drivers for a while. I recently noticed that I couldn’t change the speaker input from 2 channels to 6, it was on 2 and would flick back to 2 the instance I selected 6.
Anyway, I decided to try the 1.81 drivers. A bunch of BSODs and uninstalls/reinstalls later I’m back to 1.80 but cannot get the sound working. Specifically it no longer lets me change the input channels at all. It’s just blank and reselects to blank every time I try to select anything else. Where are the settings stored? Is there a way to force the number of channels? Is that a symptom of another issue? What call is being made during the selection process that could cause this behaviour?
I’m hoping your can point me at a file I can hack to fix the issue.
Have you tried C-Media Audio Panel or XonarSwitch? Do they have the same behavior? The issue could be caused by some newly released Windows update. The number of channels is a Windows setting, you can manually change it by going to Windows Volume tray icon->right-click->Playback devices->1 click on Speakers Asus Xonar(…) and press “Configure” button on the bottom left of the window.
Yes the same behaviour. Originally I was using both C-Media Panel and I had a couple of profiles in XonarSwitch. I noticed the profiles weren’t being applied, so tried in C-Media Panel. This is when I did the Upgrade/BSOD/downgrade/etc. Since then I can still change everything except the number of channels in the C-Media Panel, but the windows configure button is non-responsive and I can’t change any of the xonar properties through windows settings (as in it wont bring up the menus or in the properties window I have two tabs (should be more), selecting the second tab I see a blank page. I can’t really interact with the windows sound settings at all really, it also wont let me set change/set the default device to a working one. I have to disable the Xonar in device manager to force it to change.
No subwoofer in Win 10 Creator’s update with ASUS Xonar DSX PCIe 7.1 GX2.5 . Test from sound control panel applet works, also test from mixer. However, no bass from games and surround sound test apps. Same problem with built-in Realtek AC1150 (which is why I just bought the ASUS Xonar card.)
The problem is that XonarSwitch sets an incorrect value for the InputMicVolL subkey in “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Settings”, when it tries to set 100% Mic Volume. It sets the REG_BINARY Data to “f2 12 fe ff”, which pans the Mic slightly to the right, when it should be setting it to “00 00 00 00” to match InputMicVolR and giving 100% Mic Volume panned to center.
I know that it’s XonarSwitch, which you don’t develop. But is there any way you could pass the would along to the dev and he could do a quick update, since it is likely a very easy fix, being that it is only one registry value? If not, I understand. Thanks either way
In your linked post you’ve also mentioned about having the loud white noise and since you are testing the SpeakerCompensation tweak, I am curious if in your case the loud white noise still happens after you’ve disabled SpeakerCompensation. You can let me know in a reply to this comment.
Just got the horrifying screech of doom and despair while watching a YouTube livestream. It sounded slightly different I think, but I didn’t take time to analyze that too much -_-
I did modify cmedia panel dll to extend range of “Key Shifting” function (from -4 +4 to -20 +16). Here is dll to replace, if anyone also like this function a lot, just like me (probably works only with version 1.80) http://www86.zippyshare.com/v/5EBAW7rk/file.html Replace it in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 (64bit windows) or C:\Windows\System32 (32bit windows) Though I cant guarantee this will works for you (no tests on another pc) + i’m not good at assembler, hex editing and debuging. … I love how some songs sound with this effect 😀
My xonar stx has lost the ability to do anything but 2ch stereo since recent windows updates. Its an older card and none of the drivers seem to help. Is there still support for this card in the future, anyone have a functional stx?
Actually 1.80a r3 is working for me. Not perfect but movies are playing in proper 5.1 now. Going to play around more with all of these great drivers and addons. Thanks for the hard work guys. To bad Asus doesn’t work harder on their drivers because there are probably a lot if people in my situation. It took me a few days of tinkering and searching to find this site.
Please add restart card function to the driver pack. Sometimes my Xonar DX stops playing sound in right chanel and I’ve had to restart computer, to restart the card.
I will consider it.
I’ve had the exact same problem for years, over multiple windows installs. Have the D1 btw.
Right channel cuts out and only comes back after restart. Log off does not cut it.
It’s only very intermittent, so not the end of the world, but annoying.
This would be great, I have the same problem.
You should try putting the system to Sleep and resume afterwards. If sleep in not available in Start menu-> Shut Down options, you need to go in BIOS/UEFI and enable an option called something like Standby S3, Standby STR, or Standby Suspend To RAM.
Ok, while that is no fix for the actual problem, this is much faster than a reboot and fixes the sound. Thanks, I can live with that!
I’m not sure a permanent fix it’s possible as I think this is a hardware problem with your Xonar card.
I am happy to hear my standby solution is of help to you. I’ve come up with a possible better solution that resets the relay switch that sometimes gets “stuck”. To test this solution, download this file and launch it when you run into the problem again. Please let me know if it works.
BTW Thank you for the donation.
Sorry if i don’t read through 195 page.
Is it possible to run two Xonar in one PC?
I have a Essence ST and got a HDAV1.3 today.
I think they should work. Read FAQ Q&A 22 on how to change settings for each card.
First i did install the HDAV with just C-Media Panel – that worked. Then i plugged the ST in but had only the yellow exclamation mark in the device manager.
So i did install the driver again but still only exclamation mark. It does not work.
By the way: XonarSwitch says the HDAV is not supported.
What it says under “Device status” in ASUS Xonar ST Proprieties from Device Manager? Have you tried without having the HDAV card plugged?
Which drivers have you installed?
Yeah, forgot that XonarSwitch does not currently support HDAV cards. You could also control settings for each card by disabling one in device manager and launching ASUS/C-media Panel.
I did not check what the status was. I tried v1.80a and v1.80b. You mean taking out the HDAV, install the ST and then putting back the HDAV?
Thanks for trying to help but i have bigger problem to solve now 🙁
I was looking a long time for a H6 board for my Essence ST.
Last week one showed up – a HDAV1.3 Deluxe.
So i bought the whole package because i was searching a H6 since a long time.
Now the problem is that i don’t get sound from my ST after i plug in the H6.
The left and right speaker outputs stop working.
I tried UNi v1.80a, v1.80b, v1.75a and the Asus v8.1.8.1822 Beta driver.
I tried installing the driver with and without the “Re-enable stereo upmix to 4, 5.1 & 7.1” option.
Then to make sure the H6 is ok i did install the HDAV + H6 in my HTPC and it works.
If the H6 works with the HDAV i guess it is not defective?
But my ST analog output only works if i unplug the H6…
Was just thinking I should share my result after having BSOD with W10 Creators update:
UNi Xonar 1816/1823 v1.80a r3, UNi Xonar W10 1825 v1.81a r2, 1816/1823 v1.80a r3, UNi Xonar 1822 v1.75a r3 all caused BSOD when waking/starting the pc. The only one that, so far, have seen to be working is UNi Xonar 1821 v1.71 r2
Thank you for sharing. Beside being valuable information it’s also very good that you told me this since I am planning of updating most driver packages and might have skipped th 1821 drivers.
If it’s possible to give me me additional information. When did the BSOD problem started? Was it after installing Creators Update or somewhere further the line after additional Windows updates? Are you changing any Xonar settings after you install the drivers? You always get a BSOD when waking the PC or only sometimes?
Please keep us updated if the situation changes, if you get BSOD’s with v1.71 or you no longer get them if you ever install newer drivers.
Sharing is caring. 😀
I was on W8.1 before and then did a total reinstall of W10 creators update and thats when I started experience problems. I tried both the “normal” installation and low latency installation for all the drivers. At the moment I am using the low latency mode.
I’m here to claimed that I have the same issue I’m on windows fall creator update build,
I’ll try 1.71 and see if its fix the problem like you said.
Just reporting another case where driver v1.71-r2 resolved the BSOD after sleep issue. PC = Win10 x64 1709 with Xonar DX card. Version v1.80a r3 ran OK until about Feb. 2018, so something MS “updated” around then probably caused the BSOD/sleep problem. Tried v1.81a r2 but problem persisted. Thanks to suggestions above and by other users, installed v1.71-r2 three weeks ago and no BSODs since. Thanks for keeping these cards alive with your drivers.
Is there support for zero latency mic monitoring in windows 10? (see: http://i59.tinypic.com/2ijpxea.jpg)
Using the ‘monitoring’ feature in the mic or in the asus panel has about a 100ms delay.
I think you linked the wrong picture.
I don’t know about this. Are you using the ASUS drivers or the UNi Xonar drivers? How do you measure the mic monitor delay?
Sorry, should have clarified. I want my control panel to look like that picture. In the options for my speaker I only see the volume, no extra devices. This is what mine looks like: http://i.imgur.com/95e3O1l.png
I initially had the ASUS drivers installed, then installed the UNI drivers afterwards. I installed with ‘low latency’ selected, on version v1.80a-r3
Can’t help you with the changing what’s being showed in Speaker Proprieties panel.
About the delay with mic monitor, did you had this problem when you had the ASUS drivers? If it’s possible to tell me how did you measure the delay?
Yeah the delay was the same with the ASUS drivers and after I installed the uni drivers
I did a rough estimate of measuring the delay by turning on Monitoring for my mic, snapping my finger and recording it in audacity, and then editing it so there were 2 successive snaps with the same delay I hear in my headphones. It worked out to be roughly 100ms.
Apparently you’re supposed to be able to see other devices in the control panel but it looks to be a driver specific thing. If I could get that to work there would be almost no latency.
As far as I know, it’s not possible to monitor inputs on Xonar cards under Windows without added latency. One reason I still have a Creative card in my PC as well – I use my PC for playing guitar and it’s just not possible with Xonar. Drivers don’t matter, Asus or Unified, there’s always delay.
The only way to get a zero latency input monitor on Xonar I’ve found is to use Linux…
Sometimes with opening any video in chrome, any video game,windows sounds, happens that loud white noise(so strange because my volume is about 56%).
os:Win10 creators update.soundcard: Xonar DX
driverversion:UNi Xonar W10 1825 v1.81a r2 driver , gonna try v1.80a r3
Please check FAQ Q&A18.
i read it before posting, thx.its happens really rare and as remeber starts only after creations update.
For example i start a youtube video noise happens but after browser restart its okay.
I see. Thanks for the report. At the moment I don’t have any information on how to fix this.
While it’s a long shot, you should check the Disable SpeakerCompensation tweak. Let me know if it has an effect on the loud noise issue you are having.
Have you got the chance to test the Disable SpeakerCompensation tweak. Is the loud white noise issue still happening with it?
I have the exact same problem with my Xonar DX. Doesn’t matter which driver I use (also ASUS stock drivers), it happens now and then. Usually I have my volume at 20%, so it kinda gives me a heartattack everytime it happens…
Any eta when the planning of drivers will get updated?
Please check FAQ Q&A 13. Currently there are no new audio drivers available from C-Media. To be honest, I don’t know if there will be any new audio drivers since audio card manufacturers shifted their attention to newer audio chips (not necessarily better) that have different drivers.
But I am planing on updating all the UNi Xonar driver packages with the two new improvements I’ve discovered (SpeakerCompensation and Microphone Volume Increase by 3dB tweaks) and with improvements to the UNi Xonar installer. I don’t have any ETA on that.
Since a couple of days, the audio regularly stops working after using windows for a while only fixable by a reboot, some games even cause BSODs just minutes after starting (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL caused by cmudaxp.sys or STXII.sys).
I tried the different driver versions and even reinstalled Windows 10 completely and tried all driver versions again, both issues persist. Did Microsoft release some update that broke the driver or could my STXII be broken?
Well – since the card stopped working even under Linux I think it’s a hardware fault. I’m getting a replacement and will let you guys know if it fixes the issues.
If you still have the card you should check the card in another PC so you know it’s the card and not a problem with the motherboard.
Just replaced it, bluescreens fixed, never had a sound card “break” like that.
I have a Xonar DX and have been on the 1.80 drivers for a while. I recently noticed that I couldn’t change the speaker input from 2 channels to 6, it was on 2 and would flick back to 2 the instance I selected 6.
Anyway, I decided to try the 1.81 drivers. A bunch of BSODs and uninstalls/reinstalls later I’m back to 1.80 but cannot get the sound working. Specifically it no longer lets me change the input channels at all. It’s just blank and reselects to blank every time I try to select anything else. Where are the settings stored? Is there a way to force the number of channels? Is that a symptom of another issue? What call is being made during the selection process that could cause this behaviour?
I’m hoping your can point me at a file I can hack to fix the issue.
Have you tried C-Media Audio Panel or XonarSwitch? Do they have the same behavior? The issue could be caused by some newly released Windows update.
The number of channels is a Windows setting, you can manually change it by going to Windows Volume tray icon->right-click->Playback devices->1 click on Speakers Asus Xonar(…) and press “Configure” button on the bottom left of the window.
Yes the same behaviour. Originally I was using both C-Media Panel and I had a couple of profiles in XonarSwitch. I noticed the profiles weren’t being applied, so tried in C-Media Panel. This is when I did the Upgrade/BSOD/downgrade/etc. Since then I can still change everything except the number of channels in the C-Media Panel, but the windows configure button is non-responsive and I can’t change any of the xonar properties through windows settings (as in it wont bring up the menus or in the properties window I have two tabs (should be more), selecting the second tab I see a blank page. I can’t really interact with the windows sound settings at all really, it also wont let me set change/set the default device to a working one. I have to disable the Xonar in device manager to force it to change.
No subwoofer in Win 10 Creator’s update with ASUS Xonar DSX PCIe 7.1 GX2.5 . Test from sound control panel applet works, also test from mixer. However, no bass from games and surround sound test apps. Same problem with built-in Realtek AC1150 (which is why I just bought the ASUS Xonar card.)
It sounds to me like a Windows 10 problem. You might want to contact Windows support.
I’ve found the root of the issue for the bug I mentioned in this post: http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/comment-page-189/#comment-128503
The problem is that XonarSwitch sets an incorrect value for the InputMicVolL subkey in “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Settings”, when it tries to set 100% Mic Volume. It sets the REG_BINARY Data to “f2 12 fe ff”, which pans the Mic slightly to the right, when it should be setting it to “00 00 00 00” to match InputMicVolR and giving 100% Mic Volume panned to center.
I know that it’s XonarSwitch, which you don’t develop. But is there any way you could pass the would along to the dev and he could do a quick update, since it is likely a very easy fix, being that it is only one registry value? If not, I understand. Thanks either way
I will let Giulio know about microphone issue.
In your linked post you’ve also mentioned about having the loud white noise and since you are testing the SpeakerCompensation tweak, I am curious if in your case the loud white noise still happens after you’ve disabled SpeakerCompensation. You can let me know in a reply to this comment.
No it hasn’t. I will post another reply if/when it happens.
Just got the horrifying screech of doom and despair while watching a YouTube livestream. It sounded slightly different I think, but I didn’t take time to analyze that too much -_-
I see, thanks for the report. I saw here that disabling HPET could fix the issue in some cases.
but why new drivers are windows 10 only? 😐
That’s how they are made by C-Media.
I did modify cmedia panel dll to extend range of “Key Shifting” function (from -4 +4 to -20 +16).
Here is dll to replace, if anyone also like this function a lot, just like me (probably works only with version 1.80)
http://www86.zippyshare.com/v/5EBAW7rk/file.html
Replace it in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 (64bit windows) or C:\Windows\System32 (32bit windows)
Though I cant guarantee this will works for you (no tests on another pc) + i’m not good at assembler, hex editing and debuging.
…
I love how some songs sound with this effect 😀
A better suited place for your modification would be here. Please repost your comment there. Thanks.
After a fresh install of Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB, I was getting a stutter/hickup everyone 5-10 seconds or so when watching videos in VLC.
I originally had 1825 v1.81a r2 installed. I then tried 1823 v1.80a r3 which had the same issue.
After installing 1822 v1.75a r3 I don’t have this issue anymore.
Thank you for the information.
Hi there. Has anyone found a solution for why teamspeak switch off the microphone over a driver 1.75a r3? But if you turn it on, it just works again.